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as in to restore
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened
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as in to play
to engage in activity for amusement
an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century
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or recreate
as in to reconstruct
to make (something) exist or appear to exist again
The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions. The performers re-create famous Civil War battles.
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Recent Examples of recreate
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
The uneasy balance of intentions — re-create famous moments of yesteryear, wedge in vague flavors of resonance — reflects the default tone of corporate progressivism that corporations and progressives both seem tired of now.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Sales of ghost guns started to rise substantially around 2016, as people began buying kits to re-create a firearm based on the Glock 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The administration’s logic seems to be that if the U.S. re-creates the manufacturing-heavy economy of the 1950s and ‘60s, when the prime-male labor force participation rate reached 97%, more men will get back to work.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 19 Mar. 2025
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The design firm of Bells + Whistle created a dining room with textured walls that re-create the layered strata of ocean cliffs and an undulating white oak ceiling that mimics the look of rolling ocean waves.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
The uneasy balance of intentions — re-create famous moments of yesteryear, wedge in vague flavors of resonance — reflects the default tone of corporate progressivism that corporations and progressives both seem tired of now.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Sales of ghost guns started to rise substantially around 2016, as people began buying kits to re-create a firearm based on the Glock 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The administration’s logic seems to be that if the U.S. re-creates the manufacturing-heavy economy of the 1950s and ‘60s, when the prime-male labor force participation rate reached 97%, more men will get back to work.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Recreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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